is quite certain, that he must ride without a we would recommend the perusal of Sir saddle. Our critic's imagination has here Cosmo Gordon's pamphlet in the poet's justaken a great flight, and his fancy is certain- tification. It is the work of an honourable ly superior to Byron's. The latter, in all and spirited man, whose intimacy with Byhis poetic visions, never hit on the happy idea of representing Death galloping along on the tail of his own horse! Ere we take leave of our critic, which we trust that we shall do with all courtesy, we must quote one sentence which we sincerely hope may breathe prophecy. "In another age, with other fashions and prejudices, the character of Byron will be estimated as it ought to be." Heaven grant that it may be thus estimated in another age, since there is little hope of overcoming the prejudices of the present generation against the memory of departed greatness. But the golden age must return before genius shall cease to be slandered, abused and persecuted; before generosity shall cease to be duped by fraud, undervalued by envy, and wounded by malignity; before honour and honesty shall cease to be foiled by cunning and hypocrisy; and before the mass of men shall show in their practice as well as in their professions, an attachment to the pure and noble doctrines of that sacred Being whose warning to mankind was "Judge not, that ye be not judged." ron was not like Medwin's-a gin-and-water friendship; but an esteem founded on mutual good qualities. Kean. The war about this actor waxes hot, and he may well say in his favourite character, "Norfolk, we must have knocks-Ha! must we not?" We do not mean to interfere in the controversy either pro or con, for the subject is of such a nature that the less that is said about it the better. Let those who wish to see his , performance, buy their tickets peaceably; and those who disapprove of his being brought on our stage, show their disapprobation by staying away and in behalf of the benches in the pit, and Mr. Kean's organs of ideality, we beg that no attempts may be made to establish an off-hand acquaintance between his head and the said benches. We anticipate a rapid advance in the price of apples, oranges, chickens in the shell, and other missile weapons, on the night of his appearance; but as it is not quite certain that Mr. K. is fond of poultry and fruit, we would recommend that the purchasers devour all that they may buy. Honorary degrees are becoming so cheap now-a-days, that we may soon see A. M. The Cincinnati. -The members of the Cincinnati have resolved to lay their claims before Congress at the ensuing session.These veterans of the revolution neither beg alms nor ask favours of their country; they and A. B. and M. D. and LL. D. and all simply ask the payment of an honourable the et ceteras running along in the gutters and equitable debt-but will they receive for any body's picking up. We are all it? This will depend on the sense of moral marvellously fond of titles in this plain reobligation in the members of our national public of ours. We once knew a man in legislature; and we hope for the honour of Dutchess County, whom the Council of ApAmerica, that our Representatives and Senators may exhibit more justice and more honourable feeling on this subject, than their predecessors have shown. President Adams is the friend of these much abused men, and we do not apprehend that their petition will be neglected so far as his good offices can further their object. But we confess that we have many fears that our Congressmen may be more intent on displaying their rhetorical abilities, than on canvassing the claims of aged and time-worn Belisarii. pointment elevated to the station of justice of the peace, and ever after, the happy dignitary, in signing letters, notes of hand, &c. would write "M- P. V, Esquire!" Theatre. We lately noticed the death of the Drama: we are glad to find that, like many a skilful physician, we had mistaken suspended animation for the end of "life's fitful fever." Conway and Cooper, whose united powers are certainly respectable, together with our favourite Mrs. Barnes, have drawn crowded houses, and thrown all splendid spectacles in the shade. Mr. and Mrs. To those of our readers who doubt the worth of Lord Byron's personal character, Hamblin have also appeared, of whom fame PHI BETA KAPPA REPOSITORY. speaks well. Mr. Kean, too, may be ex- 157 The reader may conjecture which was For the Phi Beta Kappa Repository. Why wandereth the fair haired daughter In all the fashionable cities of Europe, no one ever appears in the lower boxes, but in full dress. When a foreigner enters our theatre, what a contrast meets his eye. Here are gentlemen wearing surtout coats, hats like a bonnet on the top of a smoky chimney, and other parts of their dress so unbecoming that we forbear to mention themreclining at full length on the benches, or lolling in some easy position. Then, we see ladies dressed cap-a-pie, as if they were actually paying a visit to the frozen scene represented in Cherry and Fair Star. If these ladies had as much consideration for the comfort of the lords of creation, as the the minstrel has ceased to charm her. What can comfort her? Alas! she mourns for her warrior, Undin-he has left his love, he crosses the wave to battle for the chief of Una. But the ponderous mace of Arthon has stricken him-the fleet-limbed Undin is stark and dead-his bones are blanching on the field of Una. She hears the Fate of her love, and the fire of her mind is extinguished. She mingles not in the lightsome dance-the song of She loves the bleak strand of the waters latter have for the gentler sex, they would not sit in the front seats with Leghorn bon--she is for ever watching for the bark of nets the sides of which project as provokingly Undin. Desolate maiden! why standest as the wings of the wind-mill which shat- thou an the cliff?-the damp dews of Heatered the chivalrous lance of La Mancha's ven are on thy brow-the night breeze is sporting in thy tresses, and wildly stream knight. thy garments in the blast. It is surely in the power of the Managers to establish rules for those visiting the lower boxes; we should be glad to see this done, and we will answer that no truly well-bred people will withhold their support in conse quence. We have a good friend and a true, who, in lightnings, he was sure to roam among the To cure him of this foolish propensity, a "If that thou be'st a devil, I cannot kill thee." She heeds not the screaming of the wind, nor the low dash of the billows-her gaze is on the wild waste of waters-her white arms A faint are folded on her bosom. She calls upon her Undin, and is seen no more. scream is re-echoed from the rocks-a plunge in the wave-and the dark sea has rolled o'er the child of Land-carron. ADA. There is no such thing as an impartial rebe apt to imagine, was an exception to this presentation. A looking-glass, one might It gives us nothing but proposition; and yet we never see our own faces justly in one. the translations of them. A mirror even reverses our features, and presents our left hand for our right. This is an emblem of all personal reflections. A play is but an acted novel, of about three hours reading, and should not be restrained within the limits of any given time, in the story, though the representation ought not to exceed the usual one. Mr. Guthrie, in his essay on tragedy, distinguishes between a poet and a genius. He must have meant only rhymers, versifiers, or poetasters; for I will not admit a person to be a poet without a genius. CLASSICAL LITERATURE. CICERO DE REPUBLICA. that the best conceivable form of civil polity is that in which the three are so blended and attempered as to act and re-act on one another, and to produce, as it were, a state of equilibrium. And this, he maintains, was the form of the Roman Government after the expulsion of the kings. The arguments in favour of republicanism appear, however, to preponderate, as it was probably the author's intention they should. In what remains of the third book, Philus undertakes the defence of expediency in government in opposition to justice, and, if we may form an opinion from what remains, appears to content himself with merely repeating the sophisms of Carneades. It is a subject of infinite, and, we fear, now unavailing regret, that the reply of Laelius, pregnant with the mitis sapientia peculiar to his amiable and endearing character, and containing, if we may believe antiquity, the most glorious and triumphant refutation of the machiavelism put in the mouth of Philus, has not been recovered. This was undoubtedly the most eloquent and interesting portion of the work. Cicero never personates the character of that virtuous and enlightened Roman, without rising, as it were, above himself, both in argument and in elo THERE is perhaps no monument of ancient literature the disappearance of which had excited so much regret, as that of Cicero's treatise De Republica. Though the earliest, perhaps, of all his philosophical works, it was that upon which he himself set the highest value, and which his contemporaries most admired; it was said to have been written in his happiest style, and to have been the great repository of the political wisdom of the ancients. The splendid fragment (Somnium Scipionis) preserved by Macrobius, together with the quotations interspersed through the works of Lactantius, St. Augustine, and Nonius, served to exasperate the vexation of the learned at a loss which seemed as great as it was irretrievable. A complete copy was extant as late as the 11th century; since which period the literary world have been at different times flattered with the hopes of its recovery, and rumours have been circulated that manuscripts of the work existed in France, Poland, and other countries. It is needless to add, that these rumours turned out to be groundless, and that the hopes they had rai-quence. sed were uniformly disappointed. Within the last few years, however, a considerable portion of this famous treatise has been recovered by the industry and ingenuity of the Librarian of the Vatican, Signor Angelo Mai. Like the greater part of Cicero's philosophical works, the treatise De Republica is in the form of a dialogue, and the interlocutors are Scipio Aemilianus, Laelius, Philus, Manilius, Mummius, Tubero, Rutilius, Scævola, and Fannius. The object of Cicero, in composing this great and laborious work, as he himself describes it, like that of Polybius in writing his history, appears to have been, to exhibit a view of the different political and moral causes which had secured to the Roman people the empire of the world; and for this purpose, as well as to avoid giving offence, and, if possible, to recommend the stern but lofty severity of ancient manners-on which wealth, luxury, and political profligacy, were daily making Custom is too apt to obtain a sanction by becoming a second nature. This should be admitted only in different matters; for, in others, use only renders abuse familiar, and makes custom the more reprehensible. Persons of sense foresee a crisis, and temporise with occasion. Short-sighted people never comply, till occasion becomes necessity-and then it is too late. People who are always taking care of their health, are like misers, who are hoarding up treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy. If you slice off the head of a turkey-cock, after it has been once set a running, it will continue to keep striding on, in the same stalking gait, for several yards, before it drops. I have known several people pass through life, plausibly enough, with as little brains as an headless turkey-cock. Poets should turn philosophers in age, as Pope did. We are apt to grow chilly when we sit out our fire. A certain person expressed himself once very happily (in making an apology for his epicurism) by saying that he had unfortunately contracted an ill habit of living well.' sad inroads-he introduced the most distinguished of the Old Republicans, who detail, in a manner highly characteristic and striking, their different sentiments as to the best forms of polity, and particularly whether, in the government of states, justice ought to yield to, or be determined by, expediency. Scipio, πρόςωπον πόλεως, after examining in succession the three simple forms of government, pronounces in favour of monarchy, as per se preferable to ether of It supplies them only with a glare, but afthe two other forms separately; but declares fords them no view. The more tickets you have in a lottery, the worse your chance. And it is the same of virtue, in the lottery of life. Writings of wit or genius, in the present times, is but lighting a candle to the blind. MISCELLANEOUS. 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They will undertake to find defects and errors in every legal instrument, from an appearance to the most voluminous paperbook in the former, and in the latter from the first examination to the completion of the death-warrant; to put off trials, delay judgments, and postpone execution, to the most possible distant period. They further beg to inform such as honour them with their confidence, they have always ready, at a minute's notice, respectable-looking Bail, capable of justifying to any reasonable amount, and plausible sible Witnesses, equal to the severest cross-examina New Mineral-Water Warehouse, Grub Street. 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A perfidious rival is unmasked; friends are reconciled; parents parents consent; and Montague leads his Georgiana, a blushing bride, to the altar of Hymen. Thus virtue, &c. while, on the other hand, vice, &c. Finis." A ROMANCE. " See novel, with the addition of a ghost, a corridor, or an Italian Marquis." (By the by, an Italian Marquis is the most unromantic of human beings, and not the richest, or highest of rank. But that is in Italy, not in England.) THE SOCIAL RIGHTS OF MAN: Being a compilation from the various declarations of [Continued.] Instruction being necessary to all, society ought to favour, as far as lies in its power, the progress of public education, and render instruction attainable by all the citi zens. Safety consists in the protection granted by society to every citizen, for the preservation of his person, of his property, and of his rights. Safety results from the combination of all, to ensure to every one his rights. 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